At least 718 people were arrested and 45 police officers were injured in the fifth consecutive night of riots in France over the death of a teenager shot down on Tuesday by security forces, the Interior Ministry reported on Sunday.
In a post on his personal account on the social network Twitter, the French Interior Minister, Gérard Darmanin, indicated that, despite the incidents, the night from Saturday to Sunday was calmer than the previous ones, a fact that, in his opinion , is due to a greater presence of security forces in the streets.
At 08:00 local time this Sunday (07:00 in Lisbon), the French Ministry of the Interior updated the figures, reporting the arrest of 718 people, while the day before, at the same time, 994 had been reported. of Saturday. soon after, that number would update to 1,311.
Among the incidents recorded from Saturday night until today, reported the news agency France-Presse (AFP), there is an attack on the residence of a mayor of a small town in the Paris region perpetrated by “rioters”, which caused wounds to the woman. .and one of the two youngest children.
Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, on the outskirts of Paris, denounced in a statement posted on Twitter “an indescribable and cowardly assassination attempt.”
Around 01:30 (00:30 in Lisbon), while Jeanbrun was at the City Hall, “like three nights ago”, to confront urban violence, the rioters “threw an armored vehicle against his house before setting it on fire to burn the residence”, where the woman and two small children slept, he declared, in a statement posted on Twitter.
According to Jeanbrun, after being alerted, it was while trying to “protect” the family and “escape from the attackers” that the woman and one of the children were injured.
Meanwhile, police have opened an investigation into the assassination attempt, a judicial source told AFP. According to the source, the perpetrators of the crime set fire to the armored vehicle as well as the mayor’s family car before being dispersed by the police and firefighters, who “intervened very quickly.”
“Tonight has reached a new level of horror and ignominy. […] Although my priority today is to take care of my family, my determination to protect and serve the Republic is greater than ever,” said the mayor of this city of more than 30,000 inhabitants in a statement.
The French Interior Minister announced this Saturday that the mobilization of 45,000 police officers and national guards would continue to face a potential night of protests and riots over the death of Nahel M., a 17-year-old boy who was shot at gunpoint Last Tuesday. -clothing by a policeman during a traffic control.
Nahel’s funeral ceremonies took place on Saturday in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, with a private wake, ceremony at the mosque and burial in a local cemetery, attended by hundreds of people.
Source: TSF
